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# Components

<mark style="color:$success;">**Components**</mark> add style and functions to <mark style="color:$success;">**Layers**</mark>. All Layers have a [*Transform*](/docs/design/templates-design-your-cards/components/transform.md) Component, which handles the size, position, angle, and pivot of the Layer.

The <mark style="color:$success;">**Main Component**</mark> defines what kind of Layer the Layer is — [Image](/docs/design/templates-design-your-cards/layers/image-layers.md), [Custom Shape](/docs/design/templates-design-your-cards/layers/shape-layers.md), [Text](/docs/design/templates-design-your-cards/layers/text-layer.md), etc. Other Components can be added, but not all Components can be added to all types of Layers.

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## Adding a Component

When a Layer is selected, add a Component in the right panel.

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Only Components that are allowed to be added to the Layer will be displayed, and you can not have multiple instances of the same Component on one Layer.

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## Copying Components

Right-click the "COMPONENTS" tab to *Copy All Settings*, or *Paste All Settings* if you already have settings copied.

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Right-click an individual Component header to copy its settings, or paste settings from the same Component.

When a Component has been copied, a new "Paste Component as New" button will appear, allowing you to paste one of the copied Components as a new Component on this Layer.

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## Removing a Component

Right-click the header of the Compoment and choose "Delete".


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